November 1, 2011
David W Freeman
Can classical music prevent colon cancer? Maybe not quite. But a fascinating new study suggests that doctors who listen to Mozart while performing colonoscopy are more likely to find precancerous colon polyps known as adenomas.
NYC woman hospitalized by falling shopping cart
November 1, 2011
NEW YORK - Police say two 12-year-olds are charged with felony assault and misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon after they allegedly pushed a shopping cart off a fourth-floor walkway, hitting a woman in the head with the cart.
HPV vaccine for boys? Yes
November 1, 2011
Unknown
A government panel now recommends that the vaccine against human papillomavirus should be routinely given to boys as well as girls. Our question is: What took so long?
Conrad Murray's fate soon to be in jury's hands as testimony ends
November 1, 2011
Victoria Kim
Prosecutors and defense attorneys rested their case Tuesday morning in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician.
Democratic Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani says she is gay
Novmber 1, 2011
Terry Van Oot
Democratic Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani has publicly come out as a lesbian.
Occupy Sacramento lawyers file federal lawsuit against city for park crackdown
November 1, 2011
Ed Fletcher
Attorneys working on behalf of Occupy Sacramento protesters have filed a federal lawsuit contending the First Amendment free assembly rights of participants are being violated by the 11 p.m. curfew for Cesar Chavez Park.
Stone-Washed Blue Jeans (Minus the Washed)
November 1, 2011
Leslie Caufman
From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water that goes into irrigating the cotton crop, stitching the jeans together and washing them scores of times at home.
4 Georgia Men Arrested in Terror Plot
November 1, 2011
Scott Shane
Four Georgia men who were part of a fringe militia group were arrested on Tuesday in what the Justice Department described as a plot to use guns, bombs and the toxin ricin to kill federal and state officials and spread terror.
A Few Drinks a Week Raises Breast Cancer Risk
November 1, 2011
Anahad O'Conner
Some women who drink to their health may want to reconsider. A new study shows that women who routinely have even small amounts of alcohol, as few as three drinks a week, have an elevated risk of breast cancer.
NY Times
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